'Gap year' International media for 2008

In the news...

UPI Asia
More 'thirtysomethings' taking 'gap year'
22nd November
... in so-called "gap year" travel. Gap years were once the domain of teenagers whose families could afford to send them on a year of travel before college. ... Read article >>

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The Age - Australia
Do your homework before you take off
18th November
It's a correlation Penelope McEniry explored five years ago when she wrote Time Out — a book offering suggestions about gap year activities. ... Read article >>

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The Age - Australia
Govt declares ADF gap year huge success
14th November
The federal government has declared the Australian Defence Force (ADF) gap year a complete success with more than 100 of 700 participants opting to turn ... Read article >>

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The Cornell Daily Sun - USA
Serious Advice for a Serious Gap Year
10th November
Since the economy has gone down faster than Jenna Jameson at 'Action!,' for many students, the meaning of 'The Gap Year' has changed ... Read article >>

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Danville Commercial News - USA
Taking a 'gap year' is a good thing
7th November
It’s called a "gap year." Seems lots of teens are doing it. In fact, lots of European teens, the British ones in particular, have been doing it since the ... Read article >>

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Boston Globe - United States
In poor economy, expect surge in applications to state schools
26th October
Students who would rather not deal with this volatile year, might consider a "gap year," a chance to work, volunteer, or travel. ... Read article >>

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Gladstone Observer - Australia
Students fill gap on their 'tough' trip
18th October
They've done 12 or more years of formal schooling and most are either in the decision process of deciding on a gap year before either entering the workforce ... Read article >>

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Independent - Ireland
20 great gap year adventures
14th October
Australia’s Working Holiday programme has become the standardbearer for gap year adventurers down under. The programme allows people aged 18-30 to holiday ... Read article >>

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Visa Bureau
NSW: Australia's top surfing destination
13th October
Approximately half of all young Britons who take a gap year choose Australia or New Zealand as their destination. From a more global perspective, ... Read article >>

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The Mac Weekly - St. Paul,MN,USA
Pre-college "gap years"were anything but empty, takers report
10th October
Hannah White '12 called her gap year a chance to "try and learn stuff I had never been taught in school before." White traveled to Costa Rica for four ... Read article >>

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MSNBC - USA
Backpackers' secrets: Top tips for cheap travel
7th October
But backpacking is about much more than gap year students and gritty hostels. Backpacking is about adventure and independence — and it's one of the cheapest ... Read article >>

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Boston Globe - USA
The Right Way to Pick a College
5th September
Live like a student, look past the obvious, take a gap year, look in the mirror and forget about cost (for a minute, anyway. ...Read article >>

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Kansas City Star - MO,USA
A break from school may refresh a student’s mind
27th September
"In Europe, 10 to 20 percent of high school students take a gap year," said Steph Hart, independent college consultant with Essential Elements Read article >>

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Sydney Morning Herald - Australia
Time for a change, with head held high
27th September
Ms Varady, something of an institution at the Moore Park school, told students she was taking "a gap year" to consider her options. But unlike her colleague ... Read article >>

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6abc.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Students decide to take a gap year - Philadelphia News
25th September
Instead the Wayne teenager decided to take a "gap year," a year off between high school and college. She joined the volunteer corp of City Year, ... Read article >>

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smudailycampus.com - Dallas,TX,USA
Taking a year off
24th September
Instead, she suggests her daughter take a gap year. "I think a gap year makes a lot of sense," Howard said. "The year gives students time to experience a ... Read article >>

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Hostelbookers - USA
Gap year travelers 'need to do more than just visit'
9th September
Graduates embarking on gap year travel need to do more than just visit a destination for it to boost their employment prospects, an industry expert has ... Read article >>

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NEWS.com.au - Australia
Push to fire US desire for backpacking in Australia
8th September
"We've really got to try and sell the concept of the gap year," he said. "It's popular throughout the world but Americans don't tend to do it. ... Read article >>

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Sydney Morning Herald - Australia
Princes revved up for great trek of Africa
8th September
Prince William spent part of his gap year in Africa and Prince Harry has been there several times. Prince Harry's girlfriend, Chelsy Davy, ...
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PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
The average gap year now costs more than £4000, so be prepared ...
2nd September
Whilst many students will be preparing for university this week, others will be planning their gap year. ... Read article >>

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Sunshine Coast Daily - Queensland,Australia
The gift of the gap year
1st September
Courtney said she wanted to work full-time during her gap year to save some money for future university costs. 'There was a lot of information from school ... Read article >>

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Sunshine Coast Daily - Queensland,Australia
Trainee digger
31st August
Narangba’s Joel Brennan, 17, is one of 600 young Australians giving the military life a test-drive during their Gap Year. In Australia's Service is a series ... Read article >>

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Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
In Praise of the Average Student
29th August
The goal, she said, is to help our children find the right fit, whether it's an Ivy or junior college, a gap year, travel program or trade school. ... Read article >>

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Irish Independent - Ireland
The great escape
28th August
As a harassed employee, the idea of a gap year might be tempting, but, in this current economic environment, is it wise to take a year out? Read article >>

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Belfast Newsletter - Belfast
Enjoy a career break but avoid a financial gap
26th August
In fact, a career break has now become the fastest growing sector of gap year activity and all the signs are that this will continue. ...
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Moneyweb - Johannesburg,South Africa
The gap year
21st August
If you want to be considered a cool, hip parent, take a look at the opportunities related to a gap year, which will hopefully ease your mind.
Read article >>

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Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona Beach,FL,USA
A year off can make a difference
20th August
In Europe, a fairly common remedy is the gap year: a time away from courses for credit that is designed to help students discover their passion, ... Read article >>

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Connecticut Post - Bridgeport,CT,USA
Blake supports pal's fundraiser
20th August
Professional tennis player James Blake talks with guests during the Thinking Beyond Borders benefit to raise money for a gap year study abroad program at ... Read article >>

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Cayman News - Cayman Islands
Valuable work experience at BIC
15th August
A gap year between high school and college is a chance to earn much needed funds towards tertiary education and, for many Brac students, another year at ... Read article >>

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Irish Times
NI students receive A level results
14th August
Ms McGuigan said there were many options other than going straight into university, such as embarking on an apprenticeship or taking a GAP year abroad. Read article >>

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MarketWatch USA
Tourism Australia Says "Make Australia Your Gap Year Stop"
13th August
For those who deferred their university place or who didn't quite get the grades they expected this year, a 12-month gap year Down Under on a Working ... Read article >>

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The Canberra Times - Australia
Gap year soldiers may be deployed
8th August
Young men spending a gap year in the military have been told to expect to be deployed to volatile East Timor. The soldiers, who are midway through their ... Read article >>

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Central Penn Business Journal - Harrisburg,PA,USA
Behind the list with Barbara Lyman
8th August
Q: Some colleges and universities are seeing an increase in gap year students. Is Shippensburg, and are those students more prepared for the challenges of ... Read article >>

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The Oregonian - OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
More Oregon teens take "gap year" before college
26th July
They're among more students taking a "gap year" between high school and college. The students often work, volunteer and travel abroad, sometimes by ... Read article >>

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WKYC-TV - Cleveland,OH,USA
More students taking a 'gap year'
25th July
Meg O'Halloran just graduated from Shaker Heights High School, but she will go back to high school this fall. Not Shaker, but the Cleveland School of the ... Read article >>

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Polish Radio External Service - Poland
Polish youngsters get on the move
23rd July
Though a fairly new phenomenon to Poles, the gap year appears to be gaining in popularity quickly and has every chance of becoming a standard stage on the ... Read article >>

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Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
Ready for uni?
22nd July
Students can change their course preferences in December -- after they receive their ENTER results -- but many may consider taking a gap year or may not ... Read article >>

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Sydney Morning Herald - Australia
Women in uniform: answering the call
20th July
Teenage girls were even more strongly represented among school-leavers doing their gap year with the armed forces. Of 700 teenagers spending this year with ... Read article >>

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AsiaOne - Singapore
'Gap year' break a chance to give new things a shot
2nd July
A two-year stint in London to earn some pounds and see the world has long been a popular option for young South Africans finishing school or university, ... Read article >>

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iAfrica.com - Cape Town,South Africa
End of the gap year?
1st July
A two-year stint in London to earn some pounds and see the world has long been a popular option for young South Africans finishing school or university, ... Read article >>

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USA Today
Students can learn to rely on themselves during 'gap year'
26th June
Even so, I worry that US students will not get the real benefit of what a gap year offers: exploring the world and becoming self-reliant without the ... Read article >>

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World Magazine - Asheville,NC,USA
"Gap year"
20th June
It’s a very English thing, the gap year - and something we’ve talked about before. I’ve seen studies that suggested students could indeed benefit from a ... Read article >>

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Smart Brief - USA
Year off gives Maryland graduate new purpose in college
16th June
During a gap year between high school and college, Lauren Clark, now 25, taught and helped Ghana villagers build a middle-school library. ...
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Burlington Free Press - USA
Book helps students create map to happiness
15th June
One suggestion made in the book is a gap year, taking a year off between high school and college, during college, or after college, to get real-world ... Read article >>

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Walletpop - USA
Take a year off after high school? Maybe.
15th June
In a piece in The New York Times, she describes her gap year. She taught English and helped build a library in Ghana and then studied art in Venice. ... Read article >>

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Free Press Release - Canada
Gap Year Travellers Find Costs Mounting
15th June
As the school year reaches its end many young people will be planning their gap year before heading on to work or university. ... Read article >>

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New York Times - USA
In a Year Off the Beaten Path, a New Direction for Life
15th June
A friend suggested a gap year - a year to pursue other interests - after high school. Carol T. Powers for The New York Times Lauren Clark, 25, in Bethesda, ... Read article >>

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New York Times - USA
In a Year Off the Beaten Path, a New Direction for Life
15th June
A friend suggested a gap year - a year to pursue other interests - after high school. Carol T. Powers for The New York Times Lauren Clark, 25, in Bethesda, ... Read article >>

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Ottawa Citizen - Canada
A year to grow up
14th June
The gap year is not a Canadian thing, at least not yet. But it should be. Taking a year off between high school and university to gain experience and ... Read article >>

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Pentlive.com - USA
Mind the gap year
9th June
In 2007, 7 percent of university-bound UK students opted to take a gap year, according to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Services. ...
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Pentlive.com - USA
Mind the gap year
9th June
In 2007, 7 percent of university-bound UK students opted to take a gap year, according to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Services. ...
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Examiner.com - USA
Bridging the Gap: Young adults take a time out for travel
5th June
During their gap year, Brice and Naomi King trekked the Himalayan Mountains in northern Bhutan. A growing number of high school and college students are ... Read article >>

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PR Web - USA
Scholarships Available to High School and College Graduates Opting for Gap Year
5th June
As more and more colleges are encouraging students to take a "gap year" before beginning their studies, there is an increasing interest in affordable gap ... Read article >>

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Red Orbit - USA
Creating a Gap Between High School, College
2nd June
Common in the United Kingdom, a gap year is a time for students to get out and travel or get work experience before pursuing a higher education. ... Read article >>

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The Choate News - USA
Bridging the Gaps: Seniors Consider a Year to Explore Life Before College
30th May
One common misconception associated with taking a gap year is the presupposition that the student did not get into college or got into a school that he or ... Read article >>

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Needham Times - USA
Needham High School graduate reflects on his "gap year" before taking on college
29th May
But along the way, Lunetta decided not to take the direct path to college, deferring his acceptance to LeMoyne College in Syracuse, NY, for a gap year ... Read article >>

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Courier Mail - Australia
Share your travel experiences
26th May
"We called it our 'Gap' year. We concentrated on Europe and a bit of North America for this trip. Asia is close enough to home to go to on holidays, ... Read article >>

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Fort Worth Star Telegram - USA
More students taking off for a 'gap year'
26th May
She is one of a growing number of young adults taking what's known as a "gap year": a time between high school and college devoted to a cultural or service ... Read article >>

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Contra Costa Times - USA
Time out for a gap year
24th May
Some work, others join the military and an increasing number - more than a quarter-million, worldwide - are emulating the Brits, taking a "gap year" to ... Read article >>

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Hawkesbury Gazette - Australia
Jodie’s relaying a spirited message
12th May
Then they asked me if I wanted to work for them in my gap year, she said. It’s great. It is really international - I’m living with a girl from Canada, ... Read article >>

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Daily Aztec - USA
College graduates transition with travel
12th May
Companies such as The Center for Interim Programs, LLC were created to help students interested in a "gap year" decide on the right
program. ... Read article >>

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The New York Times - USA
Saving the World in Study Hall
11th May
Colleges should also emulate Princeton and encourage young people to take a 'gap year' of public service abroad (I list a few possibilities for a gap year ... Read article >>

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The New York Times - USA
Your Comments on my Kids Column
10th May
I’m a huge believer in a 'gap year' between high school and college (or during college, or after college, or any time). I think kids would get an enormous ... Read article >>

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Pakistan Daily - Pakistan
Dragons Den investor sets up Pakistan gap year trips
9th May
The businessman has set up a gap year teaching project that will give young British people the chance to work in Pakistan. And although the project was ... Read article >>

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The Australian - Australia
Gaps show failings of Youth Allowance
7th May
The number of students who qualify as independent by working, often during a gap year, and thereby avoid a parental income test, exceeds the number of ... Read article >>

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Paly Voice - USA
Paly seniors take transitional gap years, explore other options
6th May
A gap year, or a one-year transitional experience between high school and either college or a working career, allows students an opportunity to have ... Read article >>

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Knoxnews - USA
College isn't the only - or best - option for everybody
6th May
For the student craving a little adventure, Bast said the "gap year" is becoming increasingly popular. During their year off, many high school grads choose ... Read article >>

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New Zealand Herald - NZ
Video games the hot weapon in defence force recruiting
30th April
It has also launched a gap year campaign to recruit school-leavers for 12 months, hoping to put them into uniform instead of farewelling them overseas for a ... Read article >>

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Stockton Record - USA
Students find maturity in gap year experience
26th April
Looking to make the most of your gap year? Check out these resources. Taking Off: A program that works with people ages 16-25 who are taking time off from ... Read article >>

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AACRAO Transcript - USA
More Students Taking "Gap Year"
23rd April
More students are taking a 'gap year' between high school and college, reports The Washington Post. Gap years, which are common in England, have become more ... Read article >>

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MSNBC - USA
Should your child have a ‘gap year’ before college?
22nd April
It’s called a 'gap year' And while it’s been a common and popular rite of passage in Australia and the UK for decades, the concept is now starting to gain ... Read article >>

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Information Week - USA
Bebo Chooses Gap Year Traveler For Interactive Reality Series
21st April
The Gap Year will launch on the social media network site May 21 and follow Cara Cioni, a 24-year-old from Chicago, as she and five other travelers tour the ... Read article >>

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Washington Post - USA
As More Take a Year Off, Colleges Often Don't Mind the Gap
21st April
The 18-year-old, who will graduate from Georgetown Day School, is taking a gap year to travel to her native Brazil and to work in hospitality management. ... Read article >>

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Yale Daily News - USA
UpClose: Between Yale and peers, a gap year thinking gap
17th April
Students have always been allowed to defer admission to Yale and take a 'gap year' - time off between high school and college to work, volunteer, ... Read article >>

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Michigan Daily - USA
An early start on study abroad
8th April
Yet, a few months ago, Princeton University introduced just that idea: a pre-college gap year program. The proposed program would send about ten percent of ... Read article >>

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The Canberra Times - Australia
ADFA speculation may put off potential officer talent, brigadier says
8th April
"All up we are 280 extra, not including gap year. Throw gap year on top of that, we are almost 1000 ahead of where we were this time last year. Read article >>

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The Australian - Australia
Defence to hit recruits goal
8th April
The gap year program, in which school leavers are paid up to $44000 to spend a year in the ADF, also proved a resounding success with all 700 places for ... Read article >>

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The Vancouver Sun - Canada
Bridging the gap
1st April
Gap year travel -- or a trip before, during or just after college or university -- is a time-honoured tradition. These days, many kids are choosing to ... Read article >>

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The Daily Tar Hill - USA
Soon-to-be graduates weigh options
1st April
UCS has put on this workshop for the last few years, but student interest in taking a gap year between graduating from college and making concrete future ... Read article >>

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The Times - Johannesburg
Skills shortage has business hanging on by a thread
29th March
Underlying this is a sense, without too much proof, that there is an age group that has emigrated or done a gap year in London and has never come back. ... Read article >>

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National Post - Canada
You will face who you are': A guide to doing good for gap year
28th March
Gap year travel - or a trip before, during or just after college or university - is a time-honoured tradition. These days, many kids are choosing to combine ... Read article >>

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National Post - Canada
Planning your trip
28th March
Verge magazine's Web site (vergemagazine.ca) is a treasure-trove of links (some of them included below) and other resources for gap year travellers, ... Read article >>

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Daily Telegraph - Australia
Gen Y's bad Defence experience
28th March
The idea of spending six weeks or a gap year in uniform, getting up early and having some crusty drill sergeant barking orders at them, has little appeal ... Read article >>

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The Tufts Daily - USA
From teaching in Ghana to military service in Singapore, students pursue gap year experiences
26th March
The first installment examined the increasing popularity of the "gap year;" the second will take a look at the personal experiences of students who have ... Read article >>

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The Western Gazette - Canada
Princeton supports global 'bridge year' for frosh
26th March
Shirley Tilghman, president of Princeton, explained an international gap year would increase the international perspective of students and increase the ... Read article >>

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Washington Square News - USA
Princeton supports global 'bridge year' for frosh
26th March
Shirley Tilghman, president of Princeton, explained an international gap year would increase the international perspective of students and increase the ... Read article >>

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The Tufts Daily - USA
Deferring admission becoming more popular, well regarded
25th March
The first installment will examine the increasing popularity of the "gap year;" the second will take a look at the personal experiences of students who have ... Read article >>

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The Seattle Times - USA
Welcome to college: Now take a year off to travel
17th March
Some students who've taken time off before starting college — what's often called a "gap year" — think more students could benefit from doing the same. ... Read article >>

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The Kept-Up Academic LibrarianNew York Times - USA
Gap Year Is Increasing In Popularity Among Stressed Out Freshmen
10th March
A growing number of high-achieving students who are contemplating a year off before college - known as a gap year - do so as a release from mounting pressures to gain admittance to top colleges. The transition from high school to ... Read article >>

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The New York Times - USA
A Cure for the College-Bound Blues
9th March
For them, the gap year is a way to reclaim what has been lost. Mindful of those strains, schools are promoting gap years more aggressively. ...
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The Stanford Daily - USA
No gap year program for pre-frosh
6th March
By Brian Andrew Princeton University announced last month that it was developing an overseas bridge-year program to send up to one-tenth of its incoming ... Read article >>

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Business Gazette - USA
Reading comes to life at Bells Mill Elementary
5th March
A gap year is a year taken between high school graduation and college. Speakers include educational consultants, internship coordinators and students who... Read article >>

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The Stanford Daily - USA
Students would benefit from service-based "bridge year"
5th March
Many students already take a gap year, a year between high school and college spent working, traveling or doing community service. ...
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The Daily Princetonian - USA
Students evaluate gap year program
5th March
By Leah Haynesworth Though the University announced the proposal of an international gap year program for incoming freshmen on Feb. ...
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The TUFTS Daily - USA
Princeton introduces 'gap year' pre-college abroad program
4th March
The "gap year," a time spent traveling or volunteering to exhaust those feelings of wanderlust after high school, has become widely accepted by a growing ... Read article >>

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NBC6 - South Florida
When Your Kid Isn't College Bound
3rd March
For these students, deferring college and taking what is known as a "gap year" might be a solution. "Sometimes, kids need to step away from the race for a ... Read article >>

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MSNBC - USA
Readers’ detours off the college path
3rd March
One very important aspect about taking a "gap" year is what happens to the health insurance. Most employer based health insurance only covers until age 18, ... Read article >>

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